shou it be a matter of debate for house candidates right now? is it a matter for congress to de? >> well, it is a matter of our national security, and how does this fit into that. the president is on a course to get this done. it doesn't mean it will take all of that time. but it will be done by that time. and th iprogss fm whe adn. you have to remember, when president bush was president, there was no plan. we had been there 6 1/2 years with no plan. we routed the taliban, we did not defeat them, and then we left and went to iraq. so president obama had to put a plan in place and a timetae to get itone. so it may not be as st as we woalket fact is, the cost of this war, in terms of our human treasure, the most important part, our young people, the casualties to their lives and to their physical well-being and their mental -- it's all physical, mental or not. tg s aceri do think that this should really understand that war, as a resolution of conflict, is an obsolete idea. and we should take the debate to a bigger place, a bigger place. i'll never get over the fact that predent bus